A blog covering all aspects of ICT Enhanced Learning and Teaching (ICTELT) where the focus lies on ways of scaffolding and empowering learners.
I am a strong advocate of the potential of Web 2.0 and social learning to empower learners from all walks of life and cultures.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Evaluating feedback and collaborating at conferences

Bettina Schwenger and I recently presented at The student experience: HERDSA 2009 in Darwin. As part of the presentation we asked participants to add details to the mindmap pictured below - the original mindmap only included the nodes that have images. Participants collaborated in pairs or small groups to add to the mindmaps, and we collected all of their contributions at the end of the session. The results have been collated and added to the original mindmap, which has created an insightful visual resource into beliefs around Professional Development and the embedding of Literacy, Language and Numeracy into programmes.

At the end of the presentation we asked for evaluation of our session via sticky notes that were left on the door as people left, and received some very positive comments which have been collated below. In particular, it was reassuring to see the comments about the transferability and generalisability of the model in particular, and the approach to PD as a whole.

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About Me

I am an Education and eLearning Consultant with, and Director of, Ethos Consultancy NZ. I am also an experienced (virtual and face-to-face) coach and mentor (business and education sectors).

I have a keen
interest in all aspects of ICT enhanced learning and teaching where the focus lies on ways of scaffolding and empowering learners. In
particular, I am interested in the way that creative, blended
approaches to Professional Learning and Development can create trust,
rapport and encourage reflective practice. As such, learning is
approached from facilitation, design, evaluation and assessment as
opposed to the tools and what they can offer.

I am a strong advocate of the potential of Web 2.0 to empower
learners from all walks of life and cultures, especially after my
experiences working for 6 years in the Middle East. In particular, I am
interested how ePortfolios can be used in the Vocational Education and Training sector (especially
where Literacy and Language challenges are faced), in Recognition of
Prior Learning, and in authentic, applied assessment.

Following research informed approaches
and design, I apply a qualitative, iterative process to evaluate the
effectiveness of interventions, programmes and tools, encouraging
learners' voices and input from all stakeholders.